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July 5, 2022
Musings
July 2022 Message

This Month’s Money Message: Measure It is tough out there. Prices for just about everything – gas, supplies, travel, groceries – are up, and they are up enough that even if you aren’t paying attention, you’re probably feeling a bit […]

June 6, 2022
Newsletter
June 2022 Message

This Month’s Money Message: Capture “That’s a lot of work!” Her comment was met with laughter in the room, but she was exactly right: It is a lot of work to develop a comprehensive pricing strategy, especially in the arts. […]

May 2, 2022
Newsletter
May 2022 Message

It is no secret that creative individuals cultivate a variety of revenue streams to support their businesses. In fact, that is the foundation for the portfolio career model, which organizes those revenue streams into broad categories: Starring role, supporting cast roles, and production assistance work.

April 4, 2022
Newsletter
April 2022 Message

Welcome to April, the month when blooms are (finally!) appearing in my yard, my taxes are (finally!) complete, and my calendar is (finally!) opening up a bit. That bit of time is the perfect opportunity to reassess.

March 7, 2022
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March 2022 Message

This Month’s Money Message: Reflect Welcome to March, the month where tax hypotheticals become real. By now you have probably received a handful of W-2s and 1099s from last year, and you are probably staring at a long list of […]

February 3, 2022
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February 2022 Message

This Month’s Money Message: Gather It’s the start of February, which means your mailboxes are likely overflowing with tax forms from 2021. After all, creative individuals often do independent work for a variety of clients, which means the stack of […]

January 13, 2022
Newsletter
January 2022 Message

This Month’s Money Message: Pause I used to work with an amazing woman who refused to make major life decisions in January or February. She swore that none of us (in the northern hemisphere at least) were thinking clearly, what […]

December 1, 2021
Newsletter
December 2021 Message

This Month’s Money Message: Breathe Take a deep breath. No really. Take a breath. And maybe one more too. You’ve done it. You’ve survived another not-quite-normal-and-actually-sometimes-awful year with stops and starts, growth and setbacks, accomplishments and challenges. In January I […]

November 2, 2021
Newsletter
November 2021 Message

This Month’s Money Message: Retire One of the biggest benefits to a creative, entrepreneurial life is flexibility. (Oh sure, that can be a drawback too, but let’s focus on the benefit for now.) That benefit really comes into play when […]

October 4, 2021
Newsletter
October 2021 Message

This Month’s Money Message: Invest My grandmother had an ironing day each week; it was the day after laundry day, and she would spend some amount of time ironing the clothes that had been washed. There is something delightfully intentional […]

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